World Congress 2025 • Aug 20, 2025 • Session details

How to Destroy a Monolith?

Why do code-first monolith migrations fail? See how Axel Springer dismantled a 500,000-line legacy system with zero downtime by pivoting to a data-first, event-driven cloud strategy.

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3:00 min

Refactoring a complex legacy monolith into microservices

Andrew Holway · LIVE

5:06 min

Modernizing legacy applications through proactive leadership

Babette Wagner

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Transforming to a cloud-native modular application architecture

Annette Schelten

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5:08 min

Overcoming challenges of scaling legacy monolithic frontend applications

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Assessing the outcome of a monolith migration

Syed M Shaaf · LIVE

5:02 min

Transforming legacy monoliths into modern software systems

Henning Schwentner · LIVE

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